Wisconsin Recall Election 2012

Wisconsin voters head to the polls today in a historic recall election on the state's governor and lieutenant governor as well as four state senators. Follow key storylines, insights and more right here from election headquarters of the Oshkosh Northwestern.

  1. GOP US Senate hopeful Mark Neumann declaring today the start of Senate campaign, plans news conference in front of Obama office in Madison
  2. Walker says he thinks there will be a burst in job growth now that election is over
  3. Walker on Sykes: On Sunday I'll get on my Harley, and just ride. No direction, just ride. #wirecall
  4. Walker on Sykes: I think most people are ready to move on
  5. Barrett surpasses 900,000 mark, which was the number of petitions signed to recall Walker. With 87% in, Walker 54%, Barrett 45%. #wirecall
  6. With 84 percent of precincts reporting in the state, Scott Walker has 54 percent of the vote, to Tom Barrett's 45 percent. In the lieutenant governor race, Rebecca Kleefisch has 54 percent of the vote to Mahlon Mitchell's 46 percent.

  7. .@Barrett4WI had 50.7 percent of the vote in #Oshkosh in #wirecall, up from 50 percent in 2010.
  8. Tonette Walker hails her husband as "the only governor elected twice in one term!"
  9. Turnout for #Oshkosh in #wirecall: 62 percent. Turnout in 2010 election: 60.7 percent. Absence of @uwoshkosh students significant?
  10. Barrett now making this concession speech for the third time as a gubernatorial candidate.

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